Cri-Cri is known as the "grillito cantor" or "the singing cricket". He is a character created by Francisco Gabilondo Soler in his childhood and may even be considered "his inner personality"
The character became so famous and gave its author such renown, that it became a second name for Gabilondo. In the mid part of the 20th century he became the most recognizable singer of children's songs in Spanish. Gabilondo's dedication to this segment of the population has been greatly admired, comparable to Walt Disney in his honest approach to making life fun for those who are getting started in life.
El Chorrito
Cri-Cri Lyrics
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Como regalo para la flor
El vapor se desmánese
Cuando se levanta el sol
why nuevamente al cielo sube
Hasta la nube que la soltó
La gotita sube why baja
Al compás de esta canción
Allá en la fuente había un chorrito
Se hacia grandote
Se hacia chiquito
Allá en la fuente había un chorrito
Se hacia grandote
Se hacia chiquito
Estaba de mal humor
Pobre chorrito tenia calor
Estaba de mal humor
Pobre chorrito tenia calor
En el paisaje siempre nevado
Acurrucado sobre el volcán
Hay millones de gotitas
Convertidas en cristal
En el invierno la nieve crece
En el verano la funde el sol
La gotita sube why baja
Baja why sube
Al compás de esta canción
Hay va la hormiga
Con su paraguas
why recogiendo se le hacen aguas
Hay va la hormiga
Con su paraguas
why recogiendo se le hacen aguas
Porque el chorrito la salpico
why sus chapitas le despinto
Porque el chorrito la salpico
why sus chapitas le despinto
In Cri-Cri's song "El Chorrito," the lyrics describe the journey of a water droplet from a cloud to a flower, and how it cycles back up to the cloud. The repetition of "La gotita sube y baja, baja y sube" (The little droplet goes up and down, down and up) creates a playful musical rhythm to the lyrics. The song also introduces the character of Chorrito, a little jet of water that lives in a fountain. Chorrito is either in a good mood or bad mood depending on if he's feeling cool or hot. The song writer also describes how in a snowy landscape there are millions of frozen water droplets on the mountain, and how they melt when the sun comes out in the summer.
Line by Line Meaning
La gota de agua que da la nube
The raindrop that falls from the cloud
Como regalo para la flor
As a gift for the flower
El vapor se desmánese
The vapor dissipates
Cuando se levanta el sol
As the sun rises
why nuevamente al cielo sube
And rises back up to the sky
Hasta la nube que la soltó
To the cloud that released it
La gotita sube why baja
The tiny drop goes up and down
Baja why sube
It goes down and up
Al compás de esta canción
To the beat of this song
Allá en la fuente había un chorrito
There was a little stream in the fountain
Se hacia grandote
It would grow bigger
Se hacia chiquito
And then smaller
Estaba de mal humor
Feeling moody
Pobre chorrito tenia calor
The little stream was hot and bothered
En el paisaje siempre nevado
In the constantly snowy landscape
Acurrucado sobre el volcán
Cuddled up on the volcano
Hay millones de gotitas
There are millions of little droplets
Convertidas en cristal
Transformed into crystal
En el invierno la nieve crece
In winter, the snow grows
En el verano la funde el sol
In summer, it melts because of the sun
Hay va la hormiga
There goes the ant
Con su paraguas
With its umbrella
why recogiendo se le hacen aguas
And as it collects water, it becomes watery
Porque el chorrito la salpico
Because the little stream splashed her
why sus chapitas le despinto
And ruined her little plates
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